Pew reports, the 2010s will likely be the first decade in at least 160 years to see an increase in the average number of people living in US households.
This is in part because of the rising number of Americans living in multigenerational households.
In 2016, a record 64 million people, or 20% of the US population, lived with multiple generations under one roof, even with improvements in the US economy since the Great Recession.
Chef Kei Kobayashi = First Japanese chef to win three Michelin stars
Chef Kobayashi is the first Japanese chef to be awarded the maximum three Michelin stars at his Paris restaurant Kei.
The Michelin Guide reports Chef Kobayashi, “is a virtuoso at marrying flavors and always spot-on with his conception of the dish.”
Japan has several dozen restaurants with Michelin stars, but Kobayashi is the first chef from Japan to be awarded the recognition for a restaurant in France.
Kobayashi was born in Japan’s Nagano province where his father was a chef in a traditional Japanese restaurant.
Tidal wave power is here
A perennial prototype technology, tidal turbines at the MeyGen array off the coast of Scotland generated 13.8-gigawatt-hours of electricity last year, a new record.
The power generated here is enough electricity for 4,000 homes.
Ford commits to Detroit and prepares for the future of mobility
When Ford Motor Company took stock of its current 60-year-old global headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, it became clear that the only way forward for the company and the culture would be to take a big leap and launch two new high-tech campuses.
Announced in 2016, the company committed an estimated $1.2 billion to a ten-year project which will move 30,000 employees from 70 buildings into a Product Campus and a Headquarters Campus.
The new campuses are part of a future that will see the Ford Smart Mobility plan executed.
The plan aims to integrate connectivity, mobility, technology, customer experience, and big data. Everything from rapid charging and car-sharing, big-data collection, and a car-swap program as well as autonomous vehicles, on-demand shuttles, and eBikes.
Ford also is spending $740 million on a project to revamp the Michigan Central Station, Detroit’s beloved historic but dilapidated former rail station, as well as other neighborhood sites, especially Corktown.
Acquired in June 2018, the station and several nearby properties that Ford now owns will anchor a 1.2 million-square-foot innovation hub that draws on talent at Ford and beyond.
The company sees the Corktown developments, along with Ford’s transformation of its Dearborn campuses as the vehicle to create a mobility corridor that will drive the future of transportation.
Ford also announced it is investing more than $1.45 billion in two southeast Michigan manufacturing facilities and adding 3,000 new jobs to strengthen its leadership in trucks and SUVs and support the company’s expansion into electric and autonomous vehicles.
At 199,000 employees and 67 plants spread across the globe, Ford's transformation and commitment to the future of mobility will be no small task.
With these new bold campuses and big bets on the future, Ford has shown that it is building a new corporate mindset that is going to be critical as the company enters its next 100 years.